MODEL- FD380
COLOR- Beige box with black front
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Front of receiver looks like the following:
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +
+BROADCAST PARTNERS +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +
+ Power LNB Receiving Signal +
+ Data Strength+
--------------+-----------------------------+------------------´
+ + Alternate Enter + 1 2 3 +
+ + + 4 5 6 +
+ + Previous + 7 8 9 +
+ + + A 0 B +
+ F1 F2 F3 F4 + Print Next Menu + +
+-------------+-----------------------------+------------------+
Back of the receiver has the following:
Satellite Receiver in- This is for signal input
Audio Out jack
Keyboard plug
FD-NET - IN/OUT IN/OUT
COMM-1 - 9 pin Male Serial Port
COMM-2 - 9 pin Male Serial Port
PRINTER - 25 pin Female Parallel Port
VIDEO OUT - 15 Pin Female Video Port
115 VAC MONITOR - 3 prong plug
115 VAC - power plug
CABLING INFORMATION
There must be a serial cable in Comm-1 or Comm-2 on the back of the BROADCAST PARTNERS
receiver. The other end of this cable must connect to a Serial port on your computer.
The pinout information for making this cable is the following page.
Broadcast Partners Receiver Computer Serial Port
9 Pin Male 25 Pin Male
Transmit Data TD 3 --> --> --> --> 3 RD Receive Data
Signal Ground SG 5 --> --> --> --> 7 SG Signal Ground
9 Pin Male 9 Pin Male
Transmit Data TD 3 --> --> --> --> 2 RD Receive Data
Signal Ground SG 5 --> --> --> --> 5 SG Signal Ground
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SETTING UP BROADCAST PARTNERS RECEIVER FOR WIREREADY
There are 3 things that must be setup correctly in order to receive Broadcast Partners stories in
WireReady. Go to the Broadcast Partners Receiver.
Look for the little box at the top of the screen which shows:
INFOBEAN FUTURES OPTIONS CHART COMMENT CASH NEWS WEATHER PREMIUM SYS
etc.
If they look like above and they don't show numbers before the choices then press MENU. Now, all of
those choices should show a number before the choice. For Example:
INFOBEAN 2FUTURES 3OPTIONS 4CHART etc.
Press the appropriate number for SYS. You should be seeing 4 grey boxes on the screen.
Press MENU again.
This will put you on a new screen with your highlight bar over on the left side of the screen. There will
be two choices there:
USER CONFIGURATION
SYSTEM UTILITIES
Move your highlight bar down over SYSTEM UTILITIES. Now, if you look to the right, there should
be a whole list of options with numbers before them.
STEP 1: COM PORT SETUP
Press 02 and this will bring you into Com Port Setup. Your highlight bar will be over
RECEIVER/PORT SETUP. If you look to the right it will show 4 choices.
They should be setup as follows:
01 Data Source - Receiver
02 Mouse Port - None
03 Modem Port - None
04 PC Port - Com1 (or com2)
To select these options press the number before the choice. By pressing 04 it will toggle between
Com1, Com2, or None.
NOTE: The com port that you select MUST be the same Serial Port you've plugged into, on the back of
the Broadcast Partners receiver.
Press MENU to return to SYSTEM UTILITIES.
STEP 2: SETUP PRINTER
Press 05 and this will bring you into PRINTER SETUP. Look to the right and there is a list of choices.
They are as follows:
01 Printer Type - 9-Pin Epson Compatible
02 Resolution - 120
03 Orientation - Portrait
04 Color Mode - No
05 Image Size - 80%
06 Image Appearance - Dark
07 Print Device - Serial Port
Press 07 to toggle between SERIAL PORT or PRINTER PORT. Make sure that this is setup for
SERIAL PORT.
Options 01-06 may vary from what it shown here, don't change these options just make sure that you
change PRINT DEVICE to show SERIAL PORT.
Press MENU to return to the SYSTEM UTILITIES.
STEP 3: ELITE FEATURES
Press 11 to view SHOW FEATURE ENTITLEMENTS. This will display the features that the
Receiver has been downloaded for. It may look similar to the following:
FARMDAYTA ELITE FEATURES
Printer Enabled
Auto-Print Enabled
PC Interface Enabled
Color Enabled
Screen Saver Enabled
Zoom Enabled
If you don't see the first 3 options listed than you must call BROADCAST PARTNERS for a
download.
Press MENU to return to the SYSTEM UTILITIES screen. Then press MENU again, this will put
all the numbers back at the top of the screen next to each option so you can select what you want.
STEP 4: PRINTING A STORY TO WIREREADY
Using the WireReady Sample in our Setup program you can perform the following test. Call
WireReady directly if you would like to be walked through this test.
On the Broadcast Partners Receiver Press 7 for News ( or the appropriate number). Then press the
number on the right side to view the text of the story. Then press PRINT. This will print the story to
the WireReady Computer. The story you selected to print went out the Serial Port Comm-1 or Comm-2
on the back of the Broadcast Partners Receiver to your computers Serial port.
Normally, when it's setup properly the Broadcast Partners Receiver will automatically print stories to
the WireReady computer or you can manually print stories to the WireReady computer.
If you saw this story come across the WireReady computer than everything is setup correctly up to this
point. You are now ready to enter the WireReady program and you should start updating with new
stories.
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